The Smalcald Articles
Martin Luther (1537)
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Description
Martin Luther drafted the Smalcald Articles in 1537 as the Lutheran position for a coming church council. He wrote expecting the meeting might judge his life's work, and possibly himself. The Schmalkaldic League of Lutheran princes and cities adopted the articles as a confession of faith.
Article by article, Luther states justification by faith alone without compromise, and marks which doctrines could never be traded away and which matters allowed discussion. Short, sharp, and unyielding, the text shows the Reformation's founder at his most combative. Readers get the Lutheran case in concentrated form, written when its author believed a final reckoning with Rome was near.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Martin Luther (1537) |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 74 KB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |